https://www.facebook.com/omega/videos/10156036624427211/

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgYNWY2jrND/?taken-by=omega

 

Ban him now, before he wrecks the place.

 

I think all signs are pointing to yes!

 

And I just sold one of the Ultramen...

 

Tokusatsu science fiction

 

All these big brands are just showing that they are run by suits, for profit, who do not let, or do not have, an imaginative, a watch designer or development department that is allowed free reign.

By trawling their archives to use designs from the past, to shore up profits in the present, they are setting themselves up for having nothing to look back in the future from this time.

Where is the Ultraman of today? Where is the 2915 of today? I dont mean the actual watches (look at all the re issues - who will want those in 20 years?), I mean the new design that future generations will look back on and covet as desirable, and interesting examples of the time.

Suits in corporations run for the benefit of shareholders find it very difficult not to rely only on historically proven designs, which would be fine if they continued to develop new ideas. The concept of a product failure is unacceptable to the board, apparently. If we look back at iconic design houses, including Omega, they had some real turkeys in with the gold.

That seems a risk that none of the big corporate houses want to take, so instead they churn out repros.

 

Great news! It appears you can now buy a new one

 

Let's see its face first, but why not !?

 

Not disagreeing.

When the Ultraman and 2915 were initially released, nobody could project 50+ years into the future and guess what iconic pieces they might become. Maybe the same with modern pieces of today (just because we can't see it doesn't mean it won't be so).

However, how can anyone top/recreate the timeless classic design of the 2915 (or the rodania geometer that was based upon)? Afterall, its already been done. I think we are so biased to that particular design that anything else looks like codswollop...now...until 50+ years down the line that is...

Just a $0.02 addendum perspective ...

 

I believe this has a strong link with the size of the company. I can take an example of my daily business since 15 years, the IT Security. I can't remember of the last real innovation brought to the market by one of the big players in this market. By accident there will be a startup they will manage to acquire early enough and rebrand the innovative products as part of their large portfolio but besides that, nada. Instead, all the innovation is driven by thousands of startups all around the planet. The paradox (to me) is that those big companies are the ones financially solid and stable enough to invest in innovation... but nope. Strange world.

Joke aside, quoting from Omega's website :

 

Looking at it again and hearing the audio, it definitely sounds like the sound effect to the Ultraman beam attack.

 

Personally I love re-editions - vintage watches without the hassle of being...well, vintage.

In regards to where the innovation (if that is what @Spacefruit is referring to) is that we can look back on like the 2915, Milgauss and SuperOcean slow chrono (to name a few random examples), it’s not in the watch brands making mid-tier watches who are playing it safe - but it is in surprising places. Girard-Perregaux Constant Escapement springs to mind, as does the Ressence Type 5, Zenith Defy Lab (as ugly as that case is) and maybe, just maybe, the Apple Watch. However, few if any of the innovative watches of today will be around in 50, 60 or 100 years because that is not how things like this are built anymore, and that is entirely the fault of consumer demand.

BTW, there is nothing special about the original Ultraman - it’s just a Speedy with an orange chronograph second hand. The attraction is just rarity, or hype in an overhyped vintage watch marketplace - you pick.

 

Apparently the dial is also different...

 

I don’t know how dial is different other than perceptible orange chronograph hand. Pic from fratellowatches.

 

Couldn’t it man that the waves return on the 300 M and that they are engraved with a laser?

 

You might want to document yourself a bit more on this model. Here's a good starting point : http://www.moonwatchonly.com/omega-...atch-only-reviews/omega-speedmaster-ultraman/

 

You’re right Glossy finish instead of matte varnish like traditional Speedmasters. I hope the new Ultraman rerelease doesn’t use a ceramic dial to imitate the original shiny finish.

 

RIP my savings account for 2018

 

Ah, spoken like true vintage aficionados. OK, apparently the dial is different too.